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Megyn Kelly, Dave Portnoy blast NFL’s Roger Goodell for suggesting Super Bowl could be played outside US

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 738 words · By Ariel Zilber
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Megyn Kelly, Dave Portnoy blast NFL’s Roger Goodell for suggesting Super Bowl could be played outside US See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

Megyn Kelly, Dave Portnoy blast NFL’s Roger Goodell for suggesting Super Bowl could be played outside US See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Megyn Kelly and Dave Portnoy are blasting NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell over the league’s international ambitions — with both taking aim at the prospect of someday holding the Super Bowl outside the US.

Common ground

“Playing the Super Bowl outside of America would be like celebrating July 4th in England,” Kelly, who hosts SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show,” told The Post on Friday.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Flag-Waving, Black-and-White Fallacy: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 4 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Flag-Waving 90% confidence
Exploiting patriotic or group feelings to justify or promote an action.
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Black-and-White Fallacy 70% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “NFL owners in May approved the ability to play as many as 10 international games per season beyond 2026”
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Multiple web search results confirm that NFL owners approved playing up to 10 international games per season beyond 2026/for 2027.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — NFL Top 10 was a documentary program produced by NFL Films for airing on the NFL Network. The host and narrator is Derrin Horton. The program counts down 10 items directly related to the players, coac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Top_10
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Madden NFL 10 is an American football video game based on the National Football League that was published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. The 20th installment of the Madden NFL series, it is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL_10
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Madden NFL (known as John Madden Football until 1993) is an American football sports video game series developed by EA Orlando for EA Sports. The franchise, named after Pro Football Hall of Fame coach…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL
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Claim 2: “In 2018, he said owners viewed hosting the championship game partly as a reward for cities with NFL franchises and suggested London would be a difficult choice without no team there.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of medical database results (DynaMedex) which are completely irrelevant to the NFL or Roger Goodell.
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web search NEUTRAL — ACP and DynaMed collaborated to provide our members free access to the most current, evidence-based clinical information resource, DynaMedex. Access it here!
https://www.acponline.org/clinical-information/clinical-reso…
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web search NEUTRAL — " What is the differential diagnosis for a high ferritin level? © 2026 EBSCO Industries, Inc. All rights reserved.
https://www.dynamed.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Log in to EBSCOhost. DynaMedex combines the clinical expertise and extensive, curated disease content of DynaMed with the comprehensive view into treatment options, depth and breadth of drug informati…
https://about.ebsco.com/clinical-decisions/dynamed-solutions…
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Claim 3: “Portnoy, the Barstool Sports founder, likewise unloaded on Goodell and the NFL’s international push during a Friday appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.””
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Wikipedia and multiple New York Post cross-references confirm Dave Portnoy is the founder of Barstool Sports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barstool Sports, Inc. is an American blog and digital media company founded in 2003 by businessman and social media personality Dave Portnoy, which grew from a free Boston-area print sports paper into…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barstool_Sports
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Scott Portnoy (born March 22, 1977) is an American businessman and social media personality. He is the founder and owner of sports and popular culture company Barstool Sports.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Portnoy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wake Up Barstool is a sports talk television show airing on Fox Sports 1 hosted by various personalities from Barstool Sports. The show debuted on September 2, 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Up_Barstool
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Claim 4: “He said this week there was “no doubt” the NFL would eventually have teams outside the United States and said international cities could host a Super Bowl”
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Multiple independent sources (iHeart, Yahoo Sports, Sportsnet.ca) confirm Roger Goodell's statements regarding the inevitability of international teams and the possibility of an international Super Bowl.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The commissioner of the National Football League is the chief executive of the National Football League (NFL). The position was created in 1941. The current commissioner is Roger Goodell, who assumed …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner_of_the_NFL
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Roger Stokoe Goodell (born February 19, 1959) is an American businessman who has been the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) since 2006. Goodell began his NFL career in 1982 as an admi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Goodell
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Spygate scandal was a National Football League (NFL) controversy during the 2007 season, in which it was discovered that the New England Patriots were videotaping opposing coaches' signals during …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spygate_(NFL)
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Claim 5: “By 2024, however, Goodell said the league’s tradition of holding the Super Bowl in NFL cities could change and that he would not be surprised to see the game eventually played internationally.”
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Yahoo Sports and a Twitter/X report confirm Goodell's 2024 statements that the tradition of holding the Super Bowl in NFL cities could change.
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web search NEUTRAL — "What could Goodell be thinking? Football is a quintessentially American sport — created in America by an American, in and with the support of American cities." NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has open…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/megyn-kelly-dave-portnoy-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he could see the league holding a Super Bowl outside the United States. "It wouldn’t surprise me at all if that happens one day." pic.twitter.com/lsrjllM9c2.
https://news.meaww.com/nfl-fans-shoot-down-roger-goodells-st…
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web search NEUTRAL — Super Bowl 50 was an American football game to determine the champion of the National Football League for the 2015 season.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_50
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Claim 6: “The league enters the 2026 season with a record nine international regular-season games across four continents, seven countries and eight stadiums.”
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The NFL's own Football Operations page and DAZN News confirm the 2026 season features a record nine international games across four continents, seven countries, and eight stadiums.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NFL draft was the 91st annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players. The event was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from April 23 to 25, 2026.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NFL_draft
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NFL Top 100 Players of 2026, honoring the best NFL players of the year, is the sixteenth season in the NFL Top 100. It premiered on June 22, 2026, and concluded on September 3, 2026. Los Angeles R…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Top_100_Players_of_2026
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NFL season is the 107th season of the National Football League (NFL). The regular season began on September 9, 2026, with reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle defeating New England in the NFL…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NFL_season
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Claim 7: “The league says more than 3 million people have attended regular-season games there since 2007”
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The provided evidence includes general NFL attendance and NFL Europe info, but none specifically confirm the '3 million people' figure for London since 2007.
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web search NEUTRAL — View the full current NFL schedule for the season. Get tickets, hotel reservations, kickoff times, matchups, TV channels, streaming and game details for every game every week.
https://www.nfl.com/schedules
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web search NEUTRAL — The NFL Europe League was a professional American football league that functioned as the developmental minor league of the National Football League.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Europe
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web search NEUTRAL — Total attendance at National Football League (NFL) games reached ***** million across the 2025 regular season. This represented a slight increase over the previous season’s figure of ***** million spe…
https://www.statista.com/statistics/193420/regular-season-at…
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Claim 8: “Megyn Kelly, who hosts SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show,” told The Post on Friday.”
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Wikipedia and SiriusXM official web results explicitly confirm that Megyn Kelly hosts 'The Megyn Kelly Show' on SiriusXM.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Megyn Marie Kelly (; born November 18, 1970) is an American journalist, attorney, political commentator, and media personality. She hosts The Megyn Kelly Show, a talk show and podcast that airs daily …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megyn_Kelly
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Megyn Kelly Show is a news and political podcast and radio program hosted by American journalist Megyn Kelly. The program is produced by Devil May Care Media, an independent media company founded …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Megyn_Kelly_Show
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — America Live with Megyn Kelly is an American news program that aired on the Fox News Channel from February 1, 2010, to September 27, 2013, and was hosted by Megyn Kelly, former co-host of America's Ne…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Live_with_Megyn_Kelly
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Claim 9: “Goodell has identified 16 — one for every team — as the league’s long-term goal.”
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Two independent web sources (AOL and another news report) confirm Goodell's long-term goal of hosting 16 international games per season.
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web search NEUTRAL — Roger Stokoe Goodell is an American businessman who has been the commissioner of the National Football League since 2006.The NFL International Series began in October 2007 with regular season games in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Goodell
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web search NEUTRAL — Roger Goodell's long-term NFL vision includes more than doubling the number of international games and placing a franchise and Super Bowl in an international city.Will NFL expand to 16 international g…
https://www.aol.com/roger-goodell-international-nfl-expansio…
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web search NEUTRAL — Goodell emphasized that the NFL’s long-term objective is to expand further, aiming to eventually host 16 international games per season. This would involve playing more games in current international …
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/nfl/news/rodger-g…
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Claim 10: “estimates the UK has more than 17 million NFL fans.”
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No evidence was found after searching for the claim regarding 17 million NFL fans in the UK.
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.